Comparison

Focus Matrix vs Tudu

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
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Focus Matrix

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Congratulations. You have downloaded a productivity app. This is either a great decision, or you're procrastinating right now by downloading a productivity app instead of doing the thing you're supposed to do. Either way, welcome. THE MATRIX Not the movie. No red pill, no blue pill. Just four boxes that force you to answer one deeply uncomfortable question: Is this actually important, or do I just FEEL like it's urgent? - Do Now: Yes, this. Right now. Stop reading. - Schedule: Important but not today. Future You will handle it. (Future You is not happy about this.) - Delegate: Someone else's problem. Excellent. - Eliminate: You were never going to do this anyway. Be honest. ACCOUNTABILITY FRIENDS Add your friends. Watch their progress bar in real time. When they're killing it, send a cheer. When they haven't moved in three days, send a nudge. When they nudge you back, feel a complicated mix of gratitude and shame. Get things done. CHECKLIST For people who need to write "shower" on a list before they'll do it. No judgement. We have a Pomodoro timer too. CALENDAR Your deadlines, visualised. In colour. So you can see exactly how bad things are. The month view shows dots in your tag colours on each day. If you see a lot of red dots, that's on you. DEADLINE TRACKER A countdown to your impending doom, but make it aesthetic. TAG COLORS Blue = Work. Red = Urgent. Green = Personal. Yellow = I'll figure out what this is later. The app remembers your labels. It's more organised than you are. WIDGETS Put your next deadline on your home screen. So every time you open your phone to scroll social media, you see it. Staring at you. Waiting. Focus Matrix. Because adulting is hard, but at least it can be colour-coded.

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Tudu

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Tudu: ADHD planner and brain dump by voice, with an Eisenhower matrix built in Say what's on your mind in one sentence and Tudu turns it into a sorted task list. Tell it "buy milk and call mom tomorrow at six" and it splits that into two tasks, sets the date, time and urgency, and files each into the right list โ€” no forms, no dropdowns, no typing required. Add tasks by voice Speak the way you think โ€” one sentence, as many tasks as you like at once. The parser finds the date, duration and urgency by itself, so you never fill out a form. Only text reaches our server Your iPhone's speech recognition turns what you say into text. Only that text reaches our server, where a third-party AI language model splits it into tasks โ€” your list and tag names and time zone travel with it, so everything lands in the right place at the right time. Three planning methods, one database Switch with a single tap; nothing is lost or rewritten. โ€ข GTD โ€” tasks, calendar, projects, someday โ€ข FVP โ€” exactly three tasks a day, Tudu refuses a fourth โ€ข Eisenhower matrix โ€” urgent, important, small stuff and the rest, sorted automatically Built for ADHD, useful for anyone A hard daily limit instead of an endless backlog. The "where do I start" button shows you one task and asks if you're ready for it; if not, it shows you the next one. You always choose between two, never between forty. Reminders that actually fire Reminders are checked against your task list: a finished task stays quiet, and a moved task reminds you at its new time instead. Set a time once, and Tudu reminds you right then. Stats without streaks Daily and weekly load, what you get stuck on, which tasks you finish, when your working hours really are. There are no streaks and there never will be โ€” skipping something for a reason isn't a failure. No ads, no account, no sign-up No advertising at all. No registration of any kind. Your data stays on your iPhone and exports to CSV or Markdown whenever you like. Lists, calendar and reminders all work without an internet connection. Anything you type while offline waits in a queue and sorts itself out the moment you're back online. Also inside โ€ข Boards for work, home and study, each with its own method โ€ข Custom tabs: rename, reorder, hide โ€ข Calendar with a week strip and a full month, projects with sub-steps โ€ข A memory of ideas and reference notes, searchable anytime โ€ข Trash with one-tap restore โ€ข Light and dark themes Who Tudu is for Adults with ADHD who want a planner that sets its own limits. Students juggling classes and a part-time job. Freelancers with no manager to set their priorities for them. Parents whose home and work tasks keep colliding. Get started in a minute Say your first sentence and Tudu sorts it into a date and a list before you put your phone down. Pick how you want to run it: a simple list, GTD, FVP or the Eisenhower matrix โ€” and switch whenever you like without losing a single task. Frequently asked questions Is this just a to-do list, or something more? Both: run a plain list, or switch to GTD, FVP or the Eisenhower matrix once you need more structure. Do I need a diagnosis to use an ADHD planner like Tudu? No โ€” the same daily limit and matrix work whether or not ADHD is part of the picture. Do I need to be online to add tasks by voice? You need a connection to turn speech into sorted tasks; your lists, calendar and reminders keep working without one. Will I lose anything if I switch planning methods? No โ€” every task carries over, however you choose to view it. Do I have to make an account? No โ€” no account, no ads, and your tasks stay on your phone.

Screenshots

Focus Matrix4 screens
Tudu4 screens

Verdict

The call

Focus Matrix and Tudu are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Focus Matrix versus Tudu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus MatrixTudu
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size15 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeryuchin ChiangVolkan Azimob

In-app purchases

None

Focus Matrix

No in-app purchases

None

Tudu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Matrix free?
Focus Matrix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tudu free?
Tudu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Matrix or Tudu have ads?
Neither Focus Matrix nor Tudu shows ads.

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